Leading With Moxxie Blog

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I was reading an article entitled The Career Mindset Trick That Will Help You Reclaim Success at Work by Solange Lopes, Founder & Editor at The Corporate Sister. I agree with Solange when she writes that a “career-driven mindset focused on growth and overcoming obstacles, while still taking responsibility for our own path” is crucial for success. She explains that when we lose this “warrior spirit” we give up on our growth and begin assuming lesser roles. And even worse, accepting lesser roles.
During my journey with Moxxie ...read more

Beth Meixner, my dear friend and client and founder of Moxxie Network and Moxxie Mentoring Foundation, refers to me as her "enthusiastic contrarian". And I take this as a compliment! I view my role as an attorney to identify risks, to point out information that might have not been considered, and, generally, in Beth's words, "to solve problems before they happen." I am fortunate that she sees the benefit of doing so, because the saved costs and aggravation of avoiding pitfalls and minefields are not always obvious ...read more

I read an article entitled The Single Biggest Mistakes I’ve Seen Women Make at Work by Sallie Krawcheck, Chair of Ellevate Network. Sallie expressed the idea that women (particularly young women) are mistaking business for school. They think that working hard, delivering a great product on time and on budget and plodding through with their heads down will get them promotions, raises or even noticed. ...read more

Each June we begin anew with our Ms Moxxie group mentoring program for young professional women. And each year, I encounter the same challenge of recruiting 30 young women as our mentees. You would think that most young women would embrace the rare opportunity to get a mentor at the onset of their careers. Yet each year I find myself asking... ...read more

I am not a writer or blogger - in fact, I hate to write, but... I found myself compelled to comment on Kelly Ripa's brief departure from and return to Live with Kelly & Michael show this week. ...read more